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Continue reading →: Proactivity (GAME)
Audience Teens, Adults Time 30 minutes Description This game helps participants to recognize the need for being proactive in addressing problems rather than procrastinating, hoping things will change or avoiding the problems altogether. Participants will make decisions about which problems (from a given set of scenarios) to address with their…
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Continue reading →: Courage of Your Convictions (EXERCISE)
Purpose This exercise challenges participants to make decisions and defend them to their peers. They will go through several stages of defending their decisions and then coming to consensus. At the end, they will be able to score themselves based on how well they defended each of the decisions. Setup…
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Continue reading →: Behavioral Change – Latrine Usage (EXERCISE)
Purpose This activity explores the root causes behind why it is often difficult to create lasting behavioral change. It focuses on efforts to encourage the adoption of latrines for sanitary reasons in developing nations. Participants will understand some common root causes that prevent behavioral change and be able to apply…
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Continue reading →: Healing the Sick (DEVOTION)
Read Matthew 10:1-8, and then discuss the questions below in your table groups. Why do you think Jesus gave the disciples power to heal the sick? Why does Jesus often link the coming of the Kingdom of God with healing the physical body? (See also: Matthew 11:1-6) What do you…
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Continue reading →: Team Health Tool (DIAGNOSTIC TOOL)
Time Depends on how deep the discussion goes but at least 15 minutes Description This diagnostic tool gives teams a quick way to assess the health of their team in three key areas: Caring (engagement), Closeness (relationships) and Commitment (dedication to the team and its goals). Materials Pens and…
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Continue reading →: Perfect Day at Work (EXERCISE)
Purpose This activity helps participants to understand their personalities by describing a perfect day at work and getting feedback from a peer or group about what they heard. It also helps the peer or group to improve their skills at recognizing different personality types. This activity is for use with…
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Continue reading →: Clockwise-Counterclockwise (DEMO)
Time 5 minutes Description This demonstration helps participants see that a different perspective can change the way that they see things. Materials None Preparation None Procedure Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs): “Everyone stand up.” “Take your right hand, and point your index…
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Continue reading →: Conflict Wheel (BIBLICAL CASE STUDY)
Description This Biblical Case Study uses Sherrod Miller’s* “Information Wheel” to explore the conflict between Paul and Peter in 2 Galatians. Participants will gain a deeper understanding of how to use the Wheel as they reflect on both Peter’s and Paul’s perspectives. Materials: You can download the worksheet for this Biblical…
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Continue reading →: Samlo! Tuk Tuk! Songthaew! (ICEBREAKER)
Time 10 minutes Description This fun icebreaker is based on three types of public transportation in Thailand: Samlo (“three wheels”) is a rickshaw. Pronounced: “sawm-low” (long “o”) Tuk Tuk (the sound the vehicle makes) is a three-wheeled motorcycle taxi. Pronounced: “took took” Songthaew (“two rows”) is a pickup truck with…
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Continue reading →: Conflict and Anger (DEVOTION)
In your table groups, read the following Scriptures, and discuss the questions that follow: Mark 11:25 Luke 6:27-36 Romans 12:14-21 1 Corinthians 13:4-7 Ephesians 4:26-27 What themes do you notice from these Scriptures? Is it okay to be upset with someone? What conditions does God place on anger? …
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